Word Finder You are the Word Finder.Your job is to look for special words in the story. Words that are: --new--interesting --different--important --strange--hard --funny When you find a word that you want to talk about, mark it with a note and write it down here. WordPageWhy I picked it _ _ _ _ _ __ When your group meets, help your friends talk about the words you have chosen.Things you can discuss: How does this word fit in the story?
Does anyone know what this word means? Shall we look it up in the dictionary? What does this word make you feel? Can you draw the word? Adapted from Literature Circles: Voice and choice inthe student-centered classroom by Harvey Daniels.Stenhouse Publishers, York, ME.
You are the Word Finder. Your job is to look for special words in the story.
Words that are:
--new --interesting
--different --important
--strange --hard
--funny
When you find a word that you want to talk about, mark it with a note and write it down here.
Word Page Why I picked it
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When your group meets, help your friends talk about the words you have chosen. Things you can discuss:
How does this word fit in the story?
Does anyone know what this word means?
Shall we look it up in the dictionary?
What does this word make you feel?
Can you draw the word?
Adapted from Literature Circles: Voice and choice in the student-centered classroom by Harvey Daniels. Stenhouse Publishers, York, ME.